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Sesquicentennial Purpose and Goals

Celebrating 150 Years

Gustavus Adolphus College Sesquicentennial Year of Celebration Purpose

The purpose of the Sesquicentennial year of celebration is for the Gustavus community to take pride in the College’s history and traditions and deepen their own engagement, while providing momentum for a future of sustained excellence.

Goal 1: Celebrate the Gustavus core values and mission

Goal 2: Capture and tell the “Gustavus story” within the Gustavus community and beyond

Honor and celebrate people, places, events in College history

Honor and celebrate Swedish immigrant history

Honor and celebrate Lutheran tradition

Honor and celebrate areas of diversity

Honor and celebrate our connection to place, being a college built in the prairie, our connection to our immediate surroundings and the broader environment

Goal 3: Dramatically expand the number of people and depth of their engagement with Gustavus during the Sesquicentennial year while planning ways to sustain this engagement past 2012

References to Gustavus community mean students, employees, alumni, parents, and all other friends.

Sesquicentennial Planning Groups

The Steering Committee held its first meeting in November of 2009 with other groups being created and working until the launch of the Sesquicentennial in September 2011.